anything used for holding, fastening
anything used for holding or fastening:
1 band, strap for fastening the helmet
band or strap for fastening the helmet under the chin, Il. 3.372.
2 fastenings, clasps of the belt
pl., fastenings or clasps of the belt, ὅθι ζωστῆρος ὀχῆες χρύσειοι σύνεχον 4.132, 20.414.
3 bolt, bar, bolts, rudders
bolt or bar of a door, ἐπικεκλιμένας σανίδας καὶ μακρὸν ὀχῆα 12.121; θυρέων δʼ ἀνέκοπτεν ὀχῆας Od. 21.47, cf. Parm. 1.16, Theoc. 24.49; ὀ. θύρας Phld. Rh. 1.280 S.; bolts holding the ἀγκῶνες in place in a war-engine, Ph. Bel. 72.31; νεῶν . . ὀχῆας ships’ rudders, Opp. C. 4.59.
4
ὀχῆες τῆς ὑστέρης, = ὄχοι II.2, Aret. SD 2.11 (vv. ll. ὄσχιες, ὄχιες).
II
= ὄχανον, οἱ ὀ. οἱ σκύτινοι Plb. 18.18.4.
III axle
axle, σφαίρης ἥ τʼ ἀμφὶς ὀχῆος ἀεὶ περιτέλλει Orph. Fr. 247.25.